The adoptive mother of a San Antonio girl who secretly gave birth to a child they claimed was a “miracle girl” who could cure cancer has been sentenced to 33 years in prison for her role in sexual abuse which resulted in three births. San Entonio Express-News reports that Laura Castillo pleaded guilty to three …
Authorities in New Jersey say a woman brutally beat her own mother and grandmother to death in a recent residential robbery. According to Philly.com, 42-year-old Heather Barbera, of Ventnor, reportedly told investigators that she killed the victims at their North Jersey Shore apartment. Police say the suspect told them that she killed 67-year-old Michelle Gordon …
New details emerged via court transcripts in the case of a North Dakota woman who left her 8-month-old deceased baby in the woods. Valley High News reports that according court transcripts (from a July 11 hearing at the Stutsman County Courthouse), Jase Wilde, the father of 8-month-old Tyr Lange contacted authorities on July 2 and …
A South Dakota woman will spend the next 40 years of her life behind bars after she killed her 2-year-old little boy for wetting the bed, a Rapid City judge ordered on Tuesday. According to the Rapid City Journal, Katrina Shangreaux, 30, also referred to as Katrina White Whirlwind, pleaded guilty to to second-degree murder in …
The father allegedly abused her for years, and may have fathered her child
An Iowa teen is behind bars after police say he beat his 8-month-old daughter to death on Friday afternoon. People reports that 17-year-old Jayden Straight turned himself in after leaving the Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines, where his infant daughter, Raija, was taken after suffering a brutal beating with “serious inflicted injuries,” reportedly at the …
By ELLIOT SPAGAT, Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal judge on Monday ordered a temporary halt to any deportations of immigrant families who were reunited after being separated by the Trump administration at the border. U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw imposed a delay of at least a week after a request from the American …
Authorities in Maine arrested a man and his two adult sons on suspicion of engaging in a “family shootout” at their home earlier this month. According to Fox News, police believe the altercation was likely linked to alcohol consumption by the three men. York County sheriff’s deputies responded to the residence of 64-year-old Walter Sellick …
The estranged husband of a New York City woman who was found dead at the bottom of a garbage chute in a luxury Manhattan building was facing multimillion-dollar lawsuits and had filed for bankruptcy. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Lara Prychodko was found dead late Tuesday afternoon at the bottom of a garbage chute in a Union Square apartment …
A Georgia man who held his 10-year-old autistic son under water until he died could now spend the rest of his life behind bars, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Jurors on Friday convicted 44-year-old Leon Williams of murder in connection with the drowning death of his child last year in their Decatur apartment. Williams was reportedly …
An Ohio woman who solicited a hitman to kill her stepdaughters’ mother spend five years behind bars for the failed murder-for-hire plot. According to the Columbus Dispatch, Tara Arbogast, formerly known as Tara Lambert, ultimately pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit aggravated murder. Arbogast, 35, was caught on camera in July 2015 offering a hitman a $125 downpayment …
A Missouri mom who found her two young daughters mysteriously unconscious last Wednesday has reportedly explained her version what happened the day they died. Kansas City Star reports that Jenna Boedecker allegedly told authorities that she fell asleep in her car on July 4 after she lost her house key. She said her daughters, 2-year-old Ireland …
